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Actor Ryan O'Neal has revealed that he plans to marry lover Farrah Fawcett before she loses her battle with cancer. The actor - who admits his long-term lover is "fighting for her life" with cancer - says they have finally agreed to tie the knot. "I've asked her to marry me - again! - and she's agreed," O'Neal, 68, said.

Farrah Fawcett & Ryan O'Neal Wedding Plans (Image: Splash News)

"Swear to God." Asked why he doesn't "just go and do it", O'Neal said: "We will, as soon as she can say yes... Maybe we can just nod her head," he said, with a laugh. Fawcett and O'Neal began dating in 1980 and lived together with son Redmond. The two never officially tied the knot, but O'Neal insists it is not through lack of him trying.


"I used to ask her to marry me all the time," he said, pain clearly etched on his face despite his efforts to laugh and joke during a TV interview. "But... it just got to be a joke, you know. We just joked about it." However, O'Neal, who says Fawcett is the only woman he has ever loved, insists this time there is no joking and he plans to marry her before she dies.

"I promise you, we will, we will," he said, straight faced. "Absolutely. Absolutely." O'Neal also said he has his wedding outfit prepared, joking: "I've already got my costume ready - like a gigolo. A little thin moustache and slicked-back hair. I don't know."